Coordinates: 52°53′N 0°05′W / 52.89°N 0.08°W
| Algarkirk | |
  Algarkirk
Algarkirk shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 406 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Boston |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BOSTON |
| PE20 | |
| Dialling code | 01205 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Boston and Skegness |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Algarkirk is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) south-south-west of Boston near the A16. Some people spell the village Algakirk. It has a population of 406.[1]
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Geography
The village was once served by a railway station on the now-closed line from Boston to Spalding. Now that the A16 road has been rebuilt on the former railway, Algarkirk village lies between this and the old road, now the B1397. The Boston - Algarkirk Diversion opened in October 1991. The village primary school, the Fourfields school, is shared with Sutterton.
The village lies hard against the parish boundary with Sutterton, so that the two parish churches are six or seven hundred metres apart. While most of the parishes in Holland are more or less long and narrow so as to include both saltmarsh and fen, this was originally achieved in Algarkirk by having a detached fen about 12 kilometres away, in Holland Fen. This is now part of Amber Hill parish and ward (map).
It constitutes part of Five Villages electoral ward, one of eighteen rural wards in the borough, each comprising one or more parishes.
History
Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as parts) of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been, in most respects, a county in itself.
The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.
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